Quotes About Others

perhaps the most objective knowledge we have is of the primacy of pleasure—the absence of pain—as the motivating force behind our own and others' actions.

we can't control what other people do,

This is the kind of world I was born in, one in which I had only one reason for existence: pleasing others.

Uno mismo es quien menos sabe de su existencia... No se existe sino para los demás...

La tarea consiste en aprender a disfrutar de la vida cotidiana sin disminuir las oportunidades de las demás personas para que disfruten con las suyas.

the purpose of a family on mission is to multiply the life of Jesus by reproducing ourselves into the lives of others, so they become disciples of Jesus who can then reproduce themselves into the lives of others.

being of service and making a difference in the lives of others suddenly become what you most want to do.

Jesus's summary of the whole law is simply this: love God and love each other. Focusing on externals will never make that happen. Religion can help us act lovingly, but it can't turn us into loving people. Only the power of God can do that.

Strength will grow from the heart, blossom as results, and wither in others' hearts as seeds.

God doesn't give in order to acquire. God loves without self-seeking; that's at the heart of who God is. God gives for the benefit of others.

If it is true that the dual command of love is the common ground of the two faiths, the consequences are momentous. We no longer have to say, "The deeper your faith, the more you will be at odds with others!" To the contrary, we must say, "The deeper your faith, the more you will live in harmony with others!" A deep faith no longer leads to clashes; it fosters peaceful coexistence.

The service you do for others is the rent you pay for the time you spend on earth.

Whiteness has been, above all, a racial formation that presupposed and reproduced relations of inequality and domination between "whites" and their racial others.

We all know that America is the worst country in the world, except for all the others.

Service to others is the rent we pay for our room in Heaven.

The Service you do for others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.

Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed.

For the Athenians, democracy started at home and they did not try to impose it on others as we do in our generation.

Part of the problem about authenticity is that virtues aren't the only things that are habit forming: the more someone behaves in a way that is damaging to self or to others, the more "natural" it will both seem and actually be. Spontaneity, left to itself, can begin by excusing bad behavior and end by congratulating vice.

We applaud patience but prefer it to be a virtue that others possess.

Literature allows us to cross the borders -- as imaginary as they are indispensable -- which circumscribe and define our selves. Reading, we allow other people to enter us -- and if we make room for them so willingly, it's because we know them already. The novel celebrates our miraculous capacity to recognize others in ourselves, and ourselves in others.

Even those schizoid people who are confident of the superiority of their perceptions are not indifferent to the effect they may have in alienating others.

We have no need to learn to think much of ourselves, to care for ourselves, to consider our own needs, wants, and desires. We already do that far too much. The problem is getting us to think of others, to have a lowliness of mind that springs from humility and love.

Vengeance is always dual face Cool and interesting when doing to others but hurt and pains when receiving from others.